I’m pretty much to the point of depression. I worked with some really rude and interesting recruiters who conduct screenings longer than the actual interview. One was washing dishes while they were discussing a position, the other never got back to me because her cousin was having a baby, one wouldn’t tell me the name of the firm because it’s “confidential”, another didn’t hear a word I said when it came to my background or skills. Jobs are taking ridiculously long

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I just don't understand recruiters at all. I've talked to some who seemed really odd and it was difficult to understand how they accomplished anything. I'm at the point where I'm interesting in moving on to something else, but the idea of having to put up with recruiters and all that entails does not thrill me.

I have to move forward. A new trick is to find out who is hiring from them and just apply on my own

Why would the name of the firm be confidential? Don’t businesses want workers?

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